English translation
[2730] 182 - (...) Yaḥyâ said: "Abdullâh bin Yazîd and I set out and came to Abû Salamah. We sent a messenger to him and he came out to us. At the door of his house there was a Masjid and we stayed there until he came out and said: 'If you wish, you may come in, or if you wish, you may sit here.' We said: 'No, we will sit here.' He narrated to us: "Abdullâh bin 'Amr bin Al-'Âs [may Allâh be pleased with them] narrated to me: 'I used to fast every single day, and recite the Qur'ân every night. Either that was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, or he sent for me and I came to him. He said to me: "Have I not been informed that you fast every single day and recite the Qur'ân every (the entire) night?" I said: "Yes indeed, O Prophet of
Allâh, and I do not intend anything but good thereby." He said: "It would be sufficient for you to fast three days of every month." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, I am able to do better than that." He said: "Your wife has a right over you, your guests have a right over you and your body has a right over you." He said: "Observe the fast of Dâwûd, - the Prophet of Allâh ﷺ - for he was the best of people in worship." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, what is the fast of Dâwûd?" He said: "He used to fast one day and not the next." He said: "And recite the Qur'ân (to completion) once every month." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, I am able to do better than that." He said: "Then recite it (to completion) once every twenty days." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, I am able to do better than that." He said: "Then recite it (to completion) once every ten days." I said: "O Prophet of Allâh, I am able to do better than that." He said: "Then recite it (to completion) once every seven days, and do not do any more than that, for your wife has a right over you, your guests have a right over you, and your body has a right over you." He said: "I chose the hard way then it became binding on me. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You do not know, perhaps you will live a long life."
"He said: 'It turned out as the Prophet ﷺ had said to me. When I grew old, I wished that I had accepted the concession of the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ.'"
Arabic text
١٨٢ - (١١٥٩) وحدثنا عبد الله بن محمد الرومي. حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ. حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ (وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمَّارٍ) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ. فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولًا. فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا. وَإِذَا عِنْدَ بَابِ دَارِهِ مَسْجِدٌ. قَالَ:
فَكُنَّا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا. فَقَالَ: إِنْ تشاؤوا، أن تدخلوا، وإن تشاؤوا، أن تقعدوا ههنا. قال فقلنا: لا. بل نقعد ههنا. فَحَدِّثْنَا. قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا. قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَأَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ. قَالَ: فَإِمَّا ذُكِرْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَإِمَّا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ. فَقَالَ لِي: " أَلَمْ أُخْبَرْ أَنَّكَ تَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَتَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ؟ " فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! وَلَمْ أُرِدْ بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ. قَالَ: "فَإِنَّ بِحَسْبِكَ أَنْ تَصُومَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ" قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ "فَإِنَّ لِزَوْجِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا. وإن لزورك عليك حقا. ولجسدك عليك حقا" فَصُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ أَعْبَدَ النَّاسِ". قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! وَمَا صَوْمُ دَاوُدَ؟ قَالَ "كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا" قَالَ " وَاقْرَأْ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ" قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: "فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عِشْرِينَ" قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: "فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عَشْرٍ" قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أكثر مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ:
"فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعٍ، وَلَا تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ. فَإِنَّ لِزَوْجِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا. وَلِزَوْرِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا. وَلِجَسَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا".
قَالَ: فَشَدَّدْتُ. فَشُدِّدَ عَلَيَّ. قَالَ: وَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي لَعَلَّكَ يَطُولُ بِكَ عُمْرٌ".
قَالَ: فَصِرْتُ إِلَى الَّذِي قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. فَلَمَّا كَبِرْتُ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ قَبِلْتُ رُخْصَةَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسلم.
